Which ethical theories were employed to justify Covid-19 response policies?
Which ethical theory provides the best support for pharmacist codes of ethics?
Is it appropriate for pharmacists to refuse to supply emergency contraception?
What are the arguments for and against voluntary assisted dying?
What does it mean to be socially accountable?
Engagement task #2
Provide the best 1–3 word descriptors of patient-centred care
Providing care that is respectful of and responsive to individual patient preferences, needs, and values, and ensuring that patient values guide all clinical decisions (Institute of Medicine, 2001)
Empathy. If I had to pick the human emotion in greatest shortage, it would be empathy. And this is nowhere more evident in illness. The pain, disability and fear are exacerbated by the apathy and disgust with which you are sometimes confronted when you are ill.
Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety, Interim Report (2019):
We have uncovered an aged care system that is characterised by an absence of innovation and by rigid conformity. The system lacks transparency in communication, reporting and accountability. It is not built around the people it is supposed to help and support, but around funding mechanisms, processes and procedures. This, too, must change.
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